Connect your player to the USB port on your computer using the USB connector on
the Mix Max. A 'MIX-MAX' window will appear in your My Computer folder which is
the player's internal memory. To add more files and songs to your player simply
drag and drop MP3 or WMA files from anywhere on your computer into the 'MIX-MAX'
window.

For Windows XP, you can utilize Windows Media Player 10 software
to convert music on an audio CD into MP3 or WMA format as follows:

Open
the Windows Media Player 10 Browser, then click on the 'Rip' icon on the top
tool bar. Insert a Music CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Click on
the 'Tools' menu option at the top menu bar, then click on 'Options'; the Option
setting menu will appear. Click on Rip Music and set the Rip music to the
desired location on the newly ripped music (MP3 format or Windows Media Audio
format). Adjust the audio quality as desired. When finished, click 'OK' to
confirm the settings. Click on the 'Rip Music' icon to start ripping the
music to your computer. When the music tracks are ripped; connect the player
to your computer. Open the 'MIX-MAX' window and open the ripped music location
window. To add the transferred/ripped music file/songs to your player simply
drag and drop the MP3 and/or WMA files into the 'MIX-MAX' window. When the
files are finished loading into the player, follow the 'Safely Remove Hardware'
procedure as shown below.Note: For Windows 98SE, Windows ME, and Windows
2000, please use the Windows Media Player 9 to convert music on an audio CD into
MP3 or WMA format.

To download WMA files with DRM, follow the
procedure described below using the previously installed Windows Media Player
10. Before beginning the procedure please turn the unit on and connect the unit
to the computer as previously described.

Open the 'Windows Media Player
Browser 10' and click on 'Sync'. Click on the 'Sync List' pull-down menu to
locate the music files you wish to download. Then make sure to click the box
next to the files. Select the Portable Device that you want to copy to from
the right side drop-down menu. Click 'Start Sync' to start downloading the WMA
file(s) with DRM to the Portable Device. After finished downloading all the
desired files to your unit, follow the 'Safely Remove Hardware' procedure as
shown below.Note: For Windows 98SE, Windows ME, and Windows 2000, please
use the Windows Media Player 9 to download WMA files with DRM to your
player.

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The Disney Mix Max portable media player is capable of playing audio files in the MP3 format. It can also play videos formatted as WMV and display photos formatted as JPEG. You can convert audio files into MP3 using the Disney Mix Max software -- Mix It Plug-in. The plug-in works with Windows Media Player 10. This software CD came with the player and is not available online. To download music to the device, you can use Windows Media Player 10 or Windows.

Things You'll Need:

* USB cable * Mix It Plug-In installation CD

Instructions

Convert Non-MP3 Files

Install Mix It Plug-In. Insert the Mix It Plug-in installation CD into the computer's optical drive. Click "Install Mix It Plug-In" when prompted. If no screen opens, double-click on the "My Computer" icon. Double-click on the installation CD icon. Then double-click on the setup or installation file; this file is often formatted as EXE. Select to have the program saved to your desktop. Then double-click on the desktop icon -- "disneymixitplugin" to open the setup wizard. Click "Next" in the setup screen. Follow any additional setup prompts.

Open Windows Media Player 10 and create a playlist. To create a playlist, click "Library" and select "Now Playing." Drag songs from your computer to the "Now Playlist List" pane. Click the "Now Playing List" title to open the menu and select "Save Playlist As." In the "Save As" dialog box, enter a name for the playlist and select "Save."

Open Mix It Plug-In. Select "Yes" when asked to save analysis information for your music files. The software will analyze each track's compatibility with the Disney Mix Max player.

Press "Go!" to start the conversion process. Once the process is complete, an inactive "Go!" will be displayed. All music that has been converted is still listed in your Windows Media Player 10 playlist. You are now ready to download music to the player using Windows Media Player.

Windows Media Player 10

Open Windows Media Player 10 on your computer.

Remove the USB jack cover located on the bottom of the Disney Mix Max. Insert the compatible end of the USB cable into the USB port on the Disney Mix Max. Insert the other end of the cable into the computer's USB port.

Click "Library" and click a playlist name. To create a playlist, click "Library" and select "Now Playing." Drag songs from your computer to the "Now Playlist List" pane. Click the "Now Playing List" title to open the menu and select "Save Playlist As." In the "Save As" dialog box, enter a name for the playlist and select "Save."

Select the "Sync List" tab and choose "Sync List" from the menu..Verify the items to be synced to the Mix Max, or right-click on a song title and select "Delete" to remove it. Click "Start Sync" to download music to the Mix Max.

Windows

Insert the USB cable to the Disney Mix Max USB jack. Connect the player to the computer with the USB cable.

Click on the desktop "Start" menu and choose "My Computer."

Double-click on the "Removable Disk" that corresponds with your connected device.

The Mix Max isn't an MP4 player. It's an MP3/WMA audio player and WMV (Windows Media Video) player. Even if you do put MP4's on the same way you put your music on it won't even know it's there. The videos have to be in WMV format to begin with and then they have to be properly encoded for play on it.

Check out #7 at http://digiblue.com/customer-service/faqs/disney/mixmax/index.htmlIt has a PDF download with instructions on how to properly encode videos so that they will play on the Mix Max.

The memory could be corrpt in the player. It some times happens so try reformatting the memory to clear it up. This will erase everything and then you can put your songs and
stuff back on it. Here's a link to the
manufacturers instructions on how to format the player.

here it is, for those who nearly threw out those little things away, im not a techie but after 2 days i finally figured it out. whew! my 2 girls love youtube and music videos so for those who wants to get and play them instead of movies (the batteries on the mix max are not so good anyways) this is step by step, so be patient.

1. download youtube downloader (i usually download at cnet or sites you trust) to get those flv videos you like. (its quite easy to use and its free!!!)
2. download stoik video converter-(its free too) to convert those flv files to WMA, its quite easy to navigate but remember on the OUTPUT FORMAT choose wmv, i used WMV for ISDN 128, but...STILL in the output format click "edit profile" (scroll down to the end and you will see it) another window will pop out and change the frame size to 192x144 (mandymmof2 was right theconverted frame size should be at least the same size or smaller so thanks to him i was able to solve it)
3. go to windows media player or you can just open your converted video. drag it to the sync list, (but make sure your mix max is already connected and it says create a list to sync to mix max storage (internal/external whatever memory you choose to use)

remove and play...

FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW HOW TO DELETE SONGS/VIDEOS/FILES FROM MIX MAX .

you can delete it by clicking my computer, click disney mix max drive... the files you uploaded are all there to delete.

If the music is already on your computer, it must be in mp3 format, do the following;
1) Open Windows media Player,
2) Connect your Disney Mix Max
3)Click "sync"
4) "Drag" song to where it says "Drag items here",
5) Click "Start Sync"

I have Windows Vista and the first time I plugged in the Mix Max it immediately downloaded the device drivers. I opened my Windows Media Player and it already recognized the player. I just transferred songs over walla they are on the player. Hope that helps.